Category: Rowing

I attended the Pair Camp at the University of Washington in 2002. I had only been rowing about a year and a half and my coach suggested that I attend to get some more experience. It was the last camp that Jan Harville coached (how incredibly lucky was I?) and I can still hear...

I have coached a lot of rowers. Anyone from high schoolers to collegiate athletes to octogenarians. Typically, older rowers really struggle with grip and controlling the oars. Whether it’s muscular tension or just plain fear this is the single biggest prohibitive factor I observe in their rowing. New rowers struggle with grip as well,...

I was pushing my son on a swing at the local park the other day. As I reached out to meet the swing and push him away again I had the thought that this motion was just like rowing. Meeting the swing with my hands = the catch Pushing the swing away = the...